SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials were designed to study the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in preventing symptomatic disease, not transmission. But online publications now misleadingly present the fact…
Continue ReadingNational weather agency Meteo France said it was the worst drought since records began in 1958 and that the drought was expected to worsen until at least the middle of…
Continue ReadingSciCheck Digest Multiple studies show the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced.…
Continue ReadingIsrael is to offer a third booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine to over-60s in a bid to keep the delta variant at bay, becoming the third country to run…
Continue ReadingSciCheck Digest A conspiracy theory online baselessly suggests that the World Health Organization and other groups preplanned the variants of the novel coronavirus — citing a dubious timeline. But the…
Continue Reading"I love meat! I just don’t love the consequences of it." Bernat Añaños is leading a #food revolution, as Europe’s fastest-growing producer of #vegan #meat. The co-founder of Heura Foods tells…
Continue ReadingGovernments hosting high-profile sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup are repeatedly criticized for building massive, unsustainable venues, often abandoned in the years after the big event. In…
Continue ReadingRising life expectancy and falling birth rates mean the world’s average person is getting older. It also means they will be working a lot longer. How people cope with this…
Continue ReadingThe UK is undergoing disruptive climate change with increased rainfall, sunshine and higher temperatures, scientists have said. The year 2020 was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest on…
Continue ReadingOver the past few weeks, more than 330 people have died in some of the worst violence South Africa has experienced since apartheid. Is the trouble a sign of deeper…
Continue ReadingTop #US diplomat Antony #Blinken arrived Tuesday in #India for talks dominated by turmoil in #Afghanistan and common worries about China, while also touching on New Delhi’s rights record. Blinken,…
Continue ReadingFrom Director Paul Schrader, check out the intense trailer for the upcoming revenge thriller, The Card Counter, starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe. The Card Counter…
Continue Reading#SimoneBiles has withdrawn from the final of the individual all-around #gymnastics competition at the #Olympics due to concerns over her #mentalHealth, #USA Gymnastics confirmed on Wednesday. "After further medical evaluation,…
Continue Reading#Israel and #Lebanon exchanged fire last week after two suspects crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon, leading to an hours-long manhunt. The two men turned out to be African migrants.…
Continue ReadingAs Lebanon grapples with a deepening economic crisis, fuel, medicine and food are becoming increasingly scarce. Why and what’s happening? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog The country is now in a…
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